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nominal species Unio (Amblema) ovalis Rafinesque, 1819

Unio (Amblema) ovalis Rafinesque, 1819 = unionoid nearctic-species

Rafinesque, 1819. Jour. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 427. [nomen nudum]
Rafinesque, 1864. [in] Binney & Tryon, reprint: 29.

= nomen dubium

Taxonomic Opinions

= Unio (Limnium sec. Amblema) ovalis Rafinesque — Fischer, 1887

= Unio (Amblema) ovalis Rafinesque, 1819 — Rafinesque, 1819

 
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